Crib



. Jan. 27, :1925.

W. C. BAXTER `CRIB l Filed Aug. 9, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l I AgsATTORNEYS.

Jan. 27', 1925. 1,524,332

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Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

.l UNITED STATES l,ti24,332 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. BAXTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'lIOA EDWARD M.TRIMBLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CRIB.

Application inea August a, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLrAM C. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new ,and useful Improvements in Cribs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to cribs and more particularly to the typein which a bottom or mattress supporting member is adapted to occupy aplurality of horizontal positions within the crib body.

An object of this invention is to provide upper position supportingmeans `for the bottom or mattress supporting member in the form of restsnormally lying in positions to project beneath the mattress supportingmember and displaced from such positions when the mattress supportingmember is moved upwardly past them. Another object of the invention isto provide means preferably carried by the mattress support ing memberfor displacing the rests at the opposite ends of the mattress supportingmember when it is desired to lower said mattress supporting member.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a` plan view of the crib in operative condition;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the crib in folded condition;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the crib showing the bottommember supported in the uppermost position;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the under side of one end of the bottommember;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the crib in folded condition;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section showing the manner in whichthe displacing means cooperates with the rests in displacing the latterto permit the lowering 0f the bottom member;

Fig. 7 is a rear view of one of the rests showing the manner in which itis mounted on its supporting plate;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view showing a supporting plate with the tworests thereon; and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9, Fig. 6.

Serial N0. 580,756.

Referring to the embodiment of the in vention herein illustrated, 1 and2 indicate two side walls which are 'connected together by end wallsconstructed to permit the side walls to move toward and from each otherin parallel relation. The end walls, in this instance, embody rigidsections 3 secured to the side walls 1, and hinged sections 4 and 5, theformer being hinged at 6 to the rigid sections 3 and the sections 5being hinged at 7 to the hinged section 4 and also at 8 to the side wall2.

In order to support the bottom or mattress supporting frame 9 in a lowerhorizontal position, a lower position supporting means is providedpreferably in the form of rails 10 and 11. The rail 10 connects with therigid sections 3 and the sidewall 1, while the rail 11 is connected tothe side wall 2. The rail 10 is of such a width that the bottom ormattress supporting member may swing thereon to a vertical position, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and in order to prevent this bottom memberslipping off the rail 10, the latter has a lip or upstanding portion 12at its free edg The upper position supporting means for the bottom ormattress supporting member embodies rests 13, which are movably mountedon the crib frame and are displaceable by the bottom or mattresssupporting member, when the latter is moved upwardly, so that saidbottom or mattress supporting member may cooperate with said rests. Inthis instance, the rests are arranged in two pairs at each end of thecrib, one pair at each end being below another pair at the same end andhorizontally aligned with a pair at the opposite end. These rests are,in this instance, pivoted at 14 below their resting surfaces 15 and areformed with displacing faces 16 leading from the resting surfaces 15substantially to the pivot. Each rest, in this instance, is stamped fromsheet metal to provide side flanges, through which the pivot 14 extends,the displacing wall 1G and the resting surface 15 as well as a lip 1Tprojecting upwardly from the resting surface at the inner end of thelatter. To rests, one above the other, at one end and one side of thecrib are mounted on a single supporting plate 18 which is secured over arecess 19 in a side wall 1 or 2 and this supporting plate is providedwith two openings and one pair of ears 2O Iadjacent vthelower end ofeach opennig. The pivot pm 14 for a rest is supported by the ears andthe rest projects.

through the adjacent opening, so that the 5 lip"1.7"will cooperate'with' the rear face of the supporting plate 1S and limit the outwardmove-ment of the rest. n 2,1 are secured to eaoh plate 18 below openingstherein and projeetupwardly: to .eo-

l0 operate with the inner face of the rests,

9" movedy outwardlyY under the springs supporting member-is elevated toa pairvof rests, 'thefother vend is vmoved upwardl7 to be positionedupon those rests at the oppositeend of tlieframe, horizontallyv alignedwith the rests `on which the other end of the r mattress .supportingmember is arranged,

`lVith the end in view of providing means for simultaneously displacingtwo ot' the- 1ests. ,iipon vwhiehore end ofy a mattress supporting.frame is arrangeth suitable means V is `providedpreferably arrangedupon ythe mattress supporting frame. In this instance, each endet themattress supporting frame has restsk displacing.. means thereon.Thisrest displacing means in the illustrated 40-oonstrnetioni .embodies:two sliding vrods 22 t yn-ged ateaehend ofthe frame preferably ina-transversely extending groove Q3 oir-the undersideofsaid end. Each ofthese rods has an end portion 24 l proj eeted i below 45..-thefundensurfaoe of the framer so that the extremeendef said deflectedportion will lie opposite thedisplacing'*face 16 of the rest, whenthemattress supporting frame is restingzupon such rest.

507'ioperating end ofthe'displaeing rod a positionnvhere itrwill notinterfere with the rests;- said zendiis vheld inwardly with refer- Twosprings In order to. give theentev to t-he adjaeentside of the mattresssupporting frame. This result is aecomplished,-in thisfinstanee, byoverlapping thev inner ends ofthe rods QQand providing said endswith,operatingportions 25, whieh projeettupwairdly preferablythroughslots 26 in a Vplate S27-which is seemed over an opening :28.leadingthrough vthe top of the mattress supporting frame .to the transversegroove Between thelvupwardltv proJeetmgends 25 the displaclngrods. ahelieallv formed the plate on opposite .sides .of the spring.thusieontining the spring in position above the displaeing rods.

The operation of the intention will be understood from the foregoing,but it may be summarized as follows: Alssuming that it ris desired tocollapse the erib, while the mattress supporting frame is rest-ingl uponthe lower positionsupporting means 10 and 1l`r the mattress supportingframe with the mattress thereon isswung upwardly on the rail 10toftliepositions illustrated in Figs.A 1 `and 3;` thereafter the sidevwalls are foldedhr wardlvas-shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The displacing rodsby lyingwithin the sides ot' the mattresssupporting frame do not`interferf` with this tiltingr movement ofA the mattress supporting frameand -the rests by being yieldinglj.' mounted move inwardly so as not torestrict the spaee between theside walls lA and 2 when the erih isvcollapsed. .\ssulnin sr that the mattress supporting frame liesupon thelower .position supporting r rails 10 and l! audit is desired to*elevate the mattress supporting frame to a higher horizontal. po sition,say the uppermost position. one end of themattress supporting frame islifted until it passes'both pair-of rests at sueh end. displaeing sueh.rests inwardlv, and the rests. after the passing of the end beingprojected outwardl)V under the action of their springs.V lllhen the endis released, it falls upon two of the rests 15 and-is held b v suehrests. 'Thereafter the other end of the mattress supporting frame viselevated to pass above the rests at the opposite end and is held inthesame manner as thefirst operated end ol' the frame. The mattresssupporting frame can bevlowered by lpressing together Atheoperatingportions lat one end of the frame. thus displacing therests, onwhieh this end of the Aframe is supported. lhen the next pair of restsis again reached, the operating portions 25 are again operated untilthis end of thematlress supporting frame eomes to rest on the lowerposition supporting rails 1d and ll. Thereafter the displaeing rodsI atthe other end of the mattress supportingr frame are manipulated in thesame manner to lower such end.

From the foregoing it will he veen that there has been l'n'ovided in acrib in which the side walls fold into parallel relation and the bottomor maitress- .supporting i member is adapted to swing on the lowerposition supporting. means to ya position parallel with -sueh sidewalls, an upper` posiiuin supportspringft) isfpositioned, ythis beingheld be 65 ;,tween two ylugs '30.loent-- downwardly from ingl means inthe form of displaeeable rests. These rests` forone position of the erihare arranged in two pairs` one pair at each end of the crib. The)T arenot onlv displau-edbv the movement of the mattress supporting frameupwardly, .but provision is :made whereby a pair of rests at eaeh end ofthe crib may; be simultaneouslyy 'displaced to lower the vmattresssupporting frame. This displacing means Jor lowering otl the 'frame ispreferably mounted on the mattress supporting frame and comprises in theillus trated embodiment a pair ot rods which are controllablesimultaneously at the center of the end and have their `outer endsnormally lying within the sides of the mattressl supporting frame.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly fromthe lower position supporting means, upper position supporting means forthe bottom member embodying rests on the cribdisplaceable by the upwardmovement of said bottom member and having normal tendencies to lie insupporting positions, and movable rest displacing means carried by saidbottom member to displace the rests while the bottom member is sustainedon such rests to permitthe lowering or' the bottom member.

2. A crib comprising' side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly fromthe lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each end oi.'the crib, said rests each having a normal tendency to lie in supportingposition and being displaceable by the bottom member when the latter isimoved upwardly from the lower position supporting means, and restdisplacing' means at opposite ends of the cri b for simultaneouslydisplacing the members of each pair of rests at such end to permit thelowering of the bottom member.

A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly fromthe lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each end of thecrib, said rests each having a normal tendency to lie in supportingposition and being displaceable by the bottom member when the latter ismoved upwardly from the lower position supporting means to permit thelowering of the bottom member and rest displacing means at opposite endsof the crib for simultaneously displacing the members of each pair oit'rests at such end to permit the lowering of the bottom member, said restdisplacing means being mounted upon the bottom member.

el. A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly fromthe lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each end of thecrib, said rests, each having a normal tendency to lie in supportingposition and being displaceable by the bottom` member when the latter ismoved upwardly from the lower position supporting means, and restdisplacing means mounted upon the bottom member and having displacingportions i'or cooperating with said rests, normally lying within thelines of the sides of the bottom member.

5. A cribcomprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,low-er position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardlyfrom the lower position supporting means, a pair or' rests at each endoi the crib, said rests, each having a normal tendency to lie insupporting position and being displaceable by the bottom member when thelatter is moved upwardly from the lower posit-ion supporting means, anda pair of displacing rodL mounted at each end of the bottom member andmovable in opposite directions to effect the displacement.

6. A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly fromthe lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each end of thecrib, said rests, each having a normal tendency to lie in supportingposition and being displaceable by the bottom member whenv the latter ismoved upwardly from the lower position supporting means, a pair otdisplacing rods mounted at each end of the bottom member and movable inopposite directions to effect the displacement, and a spring common toboth of said displacing rods for holding them out oft displacingposition and within the lines of the sides of the bottom member.

7. A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardlyfrom. the lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each endoi the crib, said rests, each having a normal tendency to lie insupporting position and beingdisplaceable by the bottom member when thelatter is moved upwardly from the lower position supporting means, thebottom member havingon its under side transverse grooves near oppositeends, two rest-displacing rods mounted in each groove and overlapping attheir inner ends, said rods having their outer ends provided withportions deflected downwardly below the surface of the bottom. memberengagingfthe rests, and having upwardly extending operating portions attheir inner ends.

8. A crib comprising side walls, end walls connecting said side walls,lower position supporting means, a bottom member removable upwardly'from the lower position supporting means, a pair of rests at each endof the crib, said rests, each having a normal tendency to lie insupporting position and being displaceable by the bottom, member whenthe latter is moved upwardly from the lower position supporting means.the

bottom i A,niemloe'i I havingY on its.v under side gtizansveise grooves;near opposite ends, two

K lt-displacing i'ods mounted in endif-groove and ,oyeilappingliattheiry-v inner ends,=Said l l :rodsegl'iaving'their: outer ends providedportions deflected surface of-iethe: botto :with downwardly below the Inrnemberengaging-.the

rests7 andlmving upwardly extending operating portions at their innerends, und a spring-interposed between said rodsfon mormally holdingthem. in non-disp1acing posi- `tion.

-WILLIAM- C; z BAXTER.

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